Ellis Island / A&E Television Networks, LLC.

For some it was the Isle of Hope. For others, it was the Isle of Tears. For half a century, Ellis Island was America's "golden door," where entrance meant a new life and rejection meant a heartbreaking return to hopelessness. In this A&E Special, we meet an ethnically diverse group of immigrants who...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2010], ©1997.
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.) > History.
Emigration and immigration.
Immigrants > United States > Biography.
Population.
United States > Emigration and immigration > History.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Biography.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (140 min.) : sound, color
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • Arriving in America (4:22)
  • "The Czar Doesn't Live in a Place Like This!" (5:38)
  • "Bless Me Here I Go!" (2:34)
  • "You Gave the Right to Sell Your Labor" (3:08)
  • "If You Survive the Journey, You're Home Free!" (3:50)
  • Premier Immigration Station (2:41)
  • Liberty, Freedom and Independence (3:33)
  • "Even the Maids Have Maids" (2:17)
  • "Welcome Garbage" (3:53)
  • "I Could Hear Screaming..." (4:21)
  • Travel Conditions (2:32)
  • "We Were Doing Something Big" (4:21)
  • Class Discrimination in America (5:51)
  • "Here We Were, A Family All By Ourselves..." (4:16)
  • "With This Chalk He Would Brand You..." (7:52)
  • Ellis Island Hospital (6:13)
  • 'How Many Feet Does a Horse Have?" (2:40)
  • Ellis Island Registry Hall (5:10)
  • "Where's Joe?" (2:16)
  • "Your Name Now Has Three Fs" (4:29)
  • "And Oh Boy We Just Ran" (4:37)
  • Waiting at Ellis Island (3:06)
  • "Nobody Smiled in the Whole Place" (1:43)
  • "I Never Seen Anything Like That Before" (1:19)
  • "She Didn't Sleep A Wink All Night Long" (2:32)
  • Sense of Community and Bureaucracy (4:14)
  • "It Stood as a Warning" (3:24)
  • Fall and Rise of Immigration (2:49)
  • "Are You An Anarchist?" (3:54)
  • Golden Door Began to Close (1:42)
  • "You Didn't Need It Anymore" (2:39)
  • "It Was a Criminal Element" (1:43)
  • "It Becomes a Jail" (3:21)
  • U.S. Economic Development (2:00)
  • "I Had to Learn Where My Nose Was" (2:26)
  • "Get Rid of It" (3:43)
  • Ellis Island Museum (3:16)
  • Credits: Ellis Island (1:50)
  • Ellis Island - Segments 11-20 inclusive: Hist 2200 - Case (45:40)